Soft Sempervivums

The collection of sempervivums (houseleeks) is going from strength to strength - 60+ varieties and too many plants to bother counting. Their geometric forms and pointed leaves suggest that photos should emphasise structure and sharpness. But feeling perverse, I wondered what the shallow DOF, soft approach I've been using recently for other plants and flowers would do for them. And here is what happens when a K3 with 20mm tube + FA77mm @f2.2 is pointed at a few sempervivums.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.

1. Feldmair



2. Another Feldmair



3. Yet another Feldmair



4. Reinhardt



5. Rosie



6. Gulle Dame



Steve

Your comments about emphasising structure and sharpness are interesting Steve - and that would probably have been my approach but the softer look does suit these. Nicely done

Fascinating.

Thanks for looking, folks. I can't claim any credit for the 'short tube on a portrait lens' approach. Lennybloke showed what was possible with his pictures of garden plants and fruit. I was merely standing on the shoulders of a giant (and the lens and tubes were originally his, too :wink.

Steve